UNION STATION SAYS NO TO OPRAH: Why Union Station this weeks puts your interests above fame and celebrity.

CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Out with the old and in with the new! You may have voted more than a month ago, but it becomes official on Sunday. Mark Funkhouser gives up his title as Mayor and Sly James takes over his new job.

CONVENTION HOTEL: After months on the backburner, building a new 1,000 room convention hotel downtown is front page news. It’s a new plan and there’s a new mayor. Is this a project that’s about to become a reality?

THE PLAZA REFERENDUM: Outraged that the KCMO City Council votes to OK the controversial Plaza office tower plan, opponents start a petition drive in hopes of nixing the project at the ballot box.

SHAKESPEARE FEST: After 18 years, is it the end of the line for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival?

TERM LIMITS: Missouri lawmakers overturned your vote on Proposition B, the so called puppy mill law. Why are they now wanting to overturn your vote on term limits?